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Overview

Chinese Government provides a grant for Satellite TV for 10,000 African Villages Project (linked to Record ID#57618)

Commitment Year•2015Country of Activity•ZambiaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•ZambiaSector•CommunicationsFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Dec 5, 2015
Start (actual)
Jun 25, 2018
End (planned)
Dec 31, 2018
End (actual)
Jun 18, 2019

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

  • Unspecified Chinese Government Institution

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Zambia

Implementing agencies

Private Sector

  • StarTimes

Loan description

Chinese Government provides a grant for Satellite TV for 10,000 African Villages Project (linked to Record ID#57618)

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On December 4-5, 2015, at the Forum on China–Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Johannesburg, the Chinese Government agreed to provided a grant to the Government of Zambia for the Satellite TV for 10,000 African Villages Project. A total of 500 villages from all 10 provinces of Zambia were selected for implementation, reportedly benefiting 1,500 public areas and 10,000 households. The project involved the installation of a free solar projection TV system and a solar digital TV integrated terminal in the public area of each village, as well as installation of free satellite TV set-top box receiving systems for 20 families with TV sets. StarTimes was the contractor responsible for implementation. A project commencement ceremony was held on June 25, 2018 and a project completion ceremony was held on June 13, 2019. For more information on the 10,000 African Villages Project, see Record ID#57618.

Staff comments

The Chinese project title is “万村通”项目.